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The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice. — Thomas Paine
Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that all nations would… — Thomas Paine
The Creation speaks a universal language, independent of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they be. It is an ever-existing original, which… — Thomas Paine
What can we writers learn from lizards, lift from birds? In quickness is truth. The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more… — Ray Bradbury
We are anthill men upon an anthill world. — Ray Bradbury
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. — Horace
To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the… — John Quincy Adams
Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior?Â That… — John Quincy Adams
Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how… — Richard Henry Lee
No free people ever existed, or can ever exist, without keeping the purse strings in their own hands. Where this is the case, they have… — John Dickinson
I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to… — Jeff Miller
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. — Ida B. Wells
Like the advocates of Birth Control, the eugenists, for instance, are seeking to assist the race toward the elimination of the unfit. Both are seeking… — Margaret Sanger
The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose religious scruples prevent… — Margaret Sanger
Possibly drastic and Spartan methods may be forced upon American society if it continues complacently to encourage the chance and chaotic breeding that has resulted… — Margaret Sanger
Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being… — Jonathan Swift
Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying… — Jonathan Swift
Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord, and be of good Cheer,… — Daniel Defoe
The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight. — William Cowper
People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them. — Jean Monnet

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